[sustran] Re: Gender issues in urban transport

[Walter Hook]

well, our projects to modernize cycle rickshaws in india and indonesia
benefit women who represent the majority of the passengers, but the
operators who get the income boost are men.  we held a tour des femmes bike
ride in Senegal that got a lot of women cycling for the first time, but the
numbers are not that impressive.  the jinja bike ambulances done by Fabio
have some impressive effects on women's health by getting them to the
hospital during medical emergencies, but we were not involved.  in
non-motorized transport master planning efforts we are working on we
sometimes have household survey data that is broken down by gender, and find
that focusing in the safety of short trips to markets and schools would be
one way to prioritize traffic system interventions that benefit women.  how
about ifrtd, do you have any new best practices to share?  i heard that the
women-owned bus cooperative in sri lanka eventually failed.

walter


----- Original Message -----
From: <priyanthi.fernando at ifrtd.org>
To: "Walter Hook" <whook at itdp.org>; "Asia and the Pacific sustainable
transport" <sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org>
Cc: "Wendy Tao" <WENDYT at wri.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [sustran] Re: Gender issues in urban transport


> Hi Walter
>
> I am surprised that you are not quoting any 'good practice' examples
> of gender mainstreaming into urban transport planning from your own
> or others experience?  We've been a long time discussing these
> issues...
>
> I have the following email address for Kerry Hamilton
> k.hamilton at uel.ac.uk
>
> Priyanthi
> IFRTD
>
> On 9 Oct 2003 at 12:17, Walter Hook wrote:
>
> > deike peters, now at the technical university of berlin, did a gender
> > and transport toolkit for the world bank under the auspices of Michael
> > Bamberger.  That would be a good place to start.  IFRTD's web site
> > also probably has a lot of materials, and did some publications on the
> > topic, though they are more rural in their orientation.  there is also
> > some first world work done by kerry hamilton in the UK.  my contact
> > info is out of date.
> >
> > w. hook
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wendy Tao" <WENDYT at wri.org>
> > To: "<" <sustran-discuss at jca.apc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:05 PM
> > Subject: [sustran] Gender issues in urban transport
> >
> >
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > > I would like to do a research project on gender issues in urban
> > > transport, specifically focused on Vietnam (Hanoi and HCMC).
> > >
> > > As Hanoi and HCMC begin to plan their transport networks to
> > > accommodate the rapidly increasing urban area, an often overlooked
> > > component that transport planners must face is the role of gender in
> > > the design, implementation, communications, and marketing of a
> > > system that should meet the practical and strategic needs of both
> > > men and women.  If gender issues are ignored in transportation
> > > planning, there is a risk that women's access to the workplace is
> > > stifled, efficiency in public transport design is not maximized, and
> > > economic and social gains for a large part of the population is not
> > > captured.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have recommendations on literature or institutes focused
> > > on these sorts of issues?  If anyone works on these gender and
> > > transport issues themselves, I would love to connect and get some
> > > feedback on a few ideas.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > WT
> > >
> > >
> > > Wendy Tao
> > > EMBARQ, The WRI Center for Transport and the Environment
> > > World Resources Institute
> > > 10 G Street, NE Suite 800
> > > Washington, DC 20002
> > > (phone) 202.729.7649
> > > (fax) 202.729.7798
> > > www.embarq.org
> >
> >
>
>
> Priyanthi Fernando
> Executive Secretary, IFRTD
> 113-114Spitfire Studios,
>  63-71 Collier Street
> London N1 9BE. United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 20 7713 6699
> Fax: +44 20 7713 8290
> Email: priyanthi.fernando at ifrtd.org OR ifrtd at ifrtd.org
> Web: www.ifrtd.org
>
> IFRTD provides a framework for collaboration between individuals
> and
> organisations interested in issues of access & mobility as they affect
> the
> lives of rural people in developing countries.
>
>